Conductor collapses aboard Cape dinner train, taken to hospital

WEST BARNSTABLE — The Cape Cod Central Railroad dinner train had to make an emergency stop in town when the conductor passed out during a trip last night.

WEST BARNSTABLE — The Cape Cod Central Railroad dinner train had to make an emergency stop in town when the conductor passed out during a trip last night.

The conductor, who fire officials declined to identify, experienced shortness of breath and went into the kitchen of the train, where he passed out, according to West Barnstable fire Lt. Edward Clough.

At about 9 p.m., the train was in Sandwich heading back toward the Buzzards Bay station when an emergency call came in about

the stricken conductor, Clough said. The train had to back up to meet a West Barnstable ambulance at the train station on Route 149, Clough said.

The man, who is in his late 50s, was conscious when the ambulance reached him. He was taken to Cape Cod Hospital.

About nine minutes elapsed between the time the emergency call was made and when the ambulance met the train, Clough said.